Back Pain Support Group
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. In fact, about 3 in 4 adults will experience back pain during their lifetime! The term back pain includes pain affecting the neck, midback and low back. Acute back pain may begin suddenly with intense pain but typically lasts fewer than three months. Usually, chronic back pain is persistent, steady, and...
I JUST GOT THE BILL FOR A NEW BACK BRACE A MEDICAL REP AT MY PAIN MGT DOC SOLD/SENT TO ME...THEY BILLED MEDICARE $1000!!!!!
I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH! I JUST CALLED THE COMPANY AND DEMANDED IT BE RETURNED AND THAT MEDICARE BE REIMBURSED THE APPROVED $735 PAYMENT!
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I WENT MONTHS AND MONTHS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF TREATMENT BECAUSE OF THE MEDICARE/MEDICAID MESS AND I WILL N O T BE PART OF THE PROBLEM IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
THE REP TRIED TO TELL ME IT IS A SPECIFIC "patented" DESIGN AND THAT MEDICARE AGREED TO THAT PAYMENT----WELL I DID NOT!!!!
IT IS MADE BY SOME 10 YEAR OLD CHILD IN CHINA (DON'T GET ME STARTED) FOR ONE DOLLAR!!!!!
I URGE YOU ALL TO REVIEW YOUR EXPLANATION OF BENEFITS (EOB's) FROM MEDICARE AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE BEING BILLED CORRECTLY...AND THE ITEMS/PROCEDURES ARE INDEED THINGS YOU HAD DONE.
I WORKED FOR DOCTORS IN THE PAST THAT TRIED TO BILL FOR PROCEDURES NOT PERFORMED-NEEDLESS TO SAY I QUIT---
AND WE WONDER WHY OUR "system" IS SUCH A FRIGGIN' MESS.
PS: THE REP FROM MY DOCTORS OFFICE WAS NOT AMUSED WHEN I TOLD HER I AM RETURNING THE ITEM...THERE GOES HER COMMISSION!!!!! I TOLD HER I WOULD BUY ONE AT WAL-MART FOR $50
I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH! I JUST CALLED THE COMPANY AND DEMANDED IT BE RETURNED AND THAT MEDICARE BE REIMBURSED THE APPROVED $735 PAYMENT!
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I WENT MONTHS AND MONTHS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF TREATMENT BECAUSE OF THE MEDICARE/MEDICAID MESS AND I WILL N O T BE PART OF THE PROBLEM IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
THE REP TRIED TO TELL ME IT IS A SPECIFIC "patented" DESIGN AND THAT MEDICARE AGREED TO THAT PAYMENT----WELL I DID NOT!!!!
IT IS MADE BY SOME 10 YEAR OLD CHILD IN CHINA (DON'T GET ME STARTED) FOR ONE DOLLAR!!!!!
I URGE YOU ALL TO REVIEW YOUR EXPLANATION OF BENEFITS (EOB's) FROM MEDICARE AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE BEING BILLED CORRECTLY...AND THE ITEMS/PROCEDURES ARE INDEED THINGS YOU HAD DONE.
I WORKED FOR DOCTORS IN THE PAST THAT TRIED TO BILL FOR PROCEDURES NOT PERFORMED-NEEDLESS TO SAY I QUIT---
AND WE WONDER WHY OUR "system" IS SUCH A FRIGGIN' MESS.
PS: THE REP FROM MY DOCTORS OFFICE WAS NOT AMUSED WHEN I TOLD HER I AM RETURNING THE ITEM...THERE GOES HER COMMISSION!!!!! I TOLD HER I WOULD BUY ONE AT WAL-MART FOR $50
I applaud you for being the part of the solution and not the problem
ME
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
N A N C Y
Anyways,
You have a great day sorry you had to be frustrated again by that reply.